...The Tennis Serve By: Brayden Bennell Harloff 7/8 5/18/2015 What do you need to do to make sure you have a successful tennis serve? Sure practice will help, but truly the secret lies in different muscles in your arms, abs, and most importantly legs. Legs? Why Legs? In this presentation I will show you why and how you can maximize your ability in your serve. To begin with a successful serve, look for a racquet that has a grip that fits the size of your hand, this will maximize grip as well as momentum through the swing of your stroke. The serve is a full body motion, not just an upper body move, if one thing is off the whole serve will be different than expected. I suggest the Babolat Aero Drive tennis racquet for powerful serves, as being one of the heavier performance racquets on the market it will provide more power and control to your shots. You will be amazed with what 10.9 ounces can do for your game. To start I would lift small weights of 5-10 pounds daily in the swing of the serve, this will help strengthen all the muscles you actually use when you serve the ball. Believe it or not, the main muscles in your arm don’t take a part in what makes a powerful serve, it’s the muscles that are hidden and are significantly smaller than the bicep, and tricep. But enough about that, now that you know some tips lets move on to the knowledge and mental aspect of the serve. Your mental game in tennis is more important than anything else, if you don’t believe and get down on yourself...
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...During a tennis match games are won or lost on the effectiveness of the serve. The serve acts as the start of each point and when utilised correctly can provide the offensive advantage, making the serve one of the most important skills a tennis player can acquire. The foremost purpose of the serve is to successfully hit the ball into the opponents serve box. In terms of offence the serve lets the player assert control of the ball, dictating as to how their opponents must counteract while minimising the reaction time due to the immense amounts of velocity delivered behind the ball if done correctly. There are many different variations of the serve such has utilising a slice technique in order to cause the ball have topspin which adds to the...
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...on 17 &18th Oct.14.Their entries will be punched by 14th Oct on interface by the school cultural coordinators. 4. University will NOT bear any expenses on account of stalls as the same will be met by the respective school /group of school out of the income they gain at the stall/stalls. 5. The rent for one stall will be Rs. 1100/= per day which will include 15*15 tent with three side curtains, two tables with plastic table top and frill, and two chairs which will be deposited in the accounts office by the student representative after the final approval of the stall. 6. Food stalls and recreational; and fun game stalls will not be repeated. First come, first serve will be followed. It will not be like this that 3-4 schools are having Gol Gappa and Chat stalls. First come ,first serve will be followed. So get your stalls approved at the earliest. 7. The stalls will be adjudged by a panel and the best three stall names will be announced at the time of declaration of result....
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..."Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity." -Billie Jean King. A game begins with a serve, which is usually a harder shot to return. The players move around the court trying to win a point. Either there is one player against a single opponent known as singles or teams of two known as doubles. The boundaries are changed whether the game is singles or doubles. When players are up at the net getting ready to smash the ball, the players do it in silence as the spectators watch. It is very interesting to watch a game that can be so fast paced in such a peaceful environment. In order to truly be able to appreciate tennis, one must understand the history, how the game developed into the...
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...Vincent Ho Mr. Trimm EN 1103-33 September 24, 2012 The Journey of Being the Tennis Player The moment I picked up a tennis racquet, I knew this was what I wanted to dedicate my time to, but it was not going to be an easy task to pursue. The summer before the beginning of high school was where it began. My friends and I would play tennis everyday for endless hours on the available courts provided in my neighborhood. We would often joke around when we had first started, but eventually it had grown upon us that it was serious. Not only did I enjoy playing tennis, watching the professionals play with graceful strokes and footwork was jaw dropping. The intensity of long rallies and competitiveness between two players in singles was nerve-racking, especially to see who would win the set point. One particular player that caught my eye was a gentleman from Switzerland, Roger Federer. Tennis critics, former, and current players have considered him the greatest tennis player of all time, even to this day. Watching him play tennis had become a daily routine for me. I would also record and watch videos of Roger Federer’s highlights to mimic them the next time I would go out to play tennis. From that point on, I realized that Roger Federer had become an icon for me. Knowing that I had the mindset of becoming a great tennis player meant ample amounts of hard work of training. To start off this ride, conditioning was one of the many important requirements. That had also meant...
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...baseball team, then it is required to have a softball team. We are now seeing female athletes excel in sports like never before. Some females are now dominating their sport, like Serena Williams, a professional tennis player, and Ronda Rousey, a professional UFC fighter. These athletes make many question if they would be able to compete against male athletes of the same sport. Although female athletes are skillful, they cannot compete with male athletes in competitive sports. (Hockenbury & Hockenbury 2014). Today’s society would agree that female athletes cannot compete with male athletes in most circumstances. In major sports like baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and tennis the female athlete has not broken the gender barrier. This is because the male athlete is physically stronger than the female; we can look at tennis statistics to prove this statement. In 2012, Samuel Groth set the record for fastest male serve speed at 163.7 mph. While the female record, set in 2014 by Sebine Lisicki, is over 30 mph slower than the male’s record at 131 mph (Bryszak). This statistic proves that the male is substantially stronger than the female. Tennis matches also prove female athletes are not at the same physical level as males while by looking at endurance. In women’s tennis,...
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...Introduction Playa Dorada Tennis Club is part of a larger supply network of Playa Dorada, Inc. (PD Inc.) whose most profitable business is selling and managing real estate near their hotel and spa resorts. The tennis club focused on in the case serves as one of the many incentives for customers to vacation at or buy property from PD Inc. Douglass Hall, the tennis director has the responsibility of creating an expansion plan to address the insufficient capacity of the tennis courts. He needs to set both short-term and long-term solutions for the tennis facility and satisfy his colleagues in Marketing, Operations and Finance. One of Hall’s main challenges, in both the near and distant future, is to increase capacity utilization by smoothing the extreme peaks of demand for court space created daily and seasonally by the muggy Florida weather. The number of resort guests is expected to double, so there is a severe need to expand the current court capacity. Not only is the popularity of tennis continuing to increase, but customers are not happy with the current court capacity as they are facing difficulties in reserving court time. By forecasting court hours used/guest night per a moving average (Exhibit 1) and the demand & capacity (Exhibit 2) one can see there is a need for additional capacity. It is recommended to manage the current court capacity of the March-April 2007 season by adjusting demand, however for the peak season of 2008 four courts should be added. Short term...
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...Alex Civitano Reflection Paper #3 I am going to be writing about an in-game refocusing routine for a tennis player. I am a track runner and have never played tennis competitively, which is why I am interested in giving the tennis player’s refocusing routine and mental aspect a try from the perspective of a situation where the player is between points in the middle of a game. First, I will explain some of the important principles for a person beginning their training in the mental game. Next, I will go into how it is very important to be “forgetful” in a competition that has downtime, such as tennis with paused gameplay between points. I will then show my mental checklist and end by explaining my pre-shot routine. There a few important principles to take into account when beginning the training of one’s mental game and trying to find success in this mental game. The first principle is to be comfortable being uncomfortable. New ways of thinking acting are always awkward at first. Even bad habits are comfortable things to most people. Negative thinking is comfortable because it is easy to be hard on ourselves. Retraining the body and mind requires discomfort while learning new and better ways of playing. The second principle is to commit to a fair test of time. Success in the mental game will not be overnight. We will make mistakes and learn from them; mistakes are important sources of feedback during the learning process. The benefits we will get from a heightened mental...
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...Does serve pain in your knees stop your life? Does it pain you to walk or stand for an extended period of time? Do you wish you could have an active life & enjoy physical activities again? If you suffer from any of these problems Smith & Nephew’s Legion Verilast Knee System might be able to give you back your life. The Legion Verilast Knee System is Smith & Nephew’s flagship reconstructive knee system. The Legion Verilast Knee System is lab tested to last 30 years. This knee system has brought relieve to many suffering from serve arthritis. Arthritis occurs when the cartilage in the joints and causes bone on bone in the knee joint. This can cause serve pain and aching in the joints. The Legion Verilast Knee System can end the pain and offer you a fresh start on life. Still not convinced Legion Verilast Knee System can bring you back an active lifestyle. Then go to our website www.smithnephew.com/us/patients and read testimony from tennis legend Billie Jean King who has had a double knee replacement. If we can get this aging athlete back running on the tennis court, we are sure we can revitalize you life too. We are convinced that our product will be a valuable investment to regaining your lifestyle again. Now are you ready to make the next step in changing your lifestyle. Just do not sit there in pain, call your physician and find out if you would be a candidate for a Legion Verilast Knee System to relieve your pain. Take action now, get back to living the...
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...or during play (sees common faults listed below). * Flick - A quick wrist and forearm rotation that surprises an opponent by changing an apparently soft shot into a faster passing one; used primarily on the serve and at the net. * Hairpin Net Shot - Shot made from below and very close to the net with the shuttle rising, just clearing the net, and then dropping sharply down the other side. The shuttle’s flight approximates the shape of a hairpin. * Half court Shot - A shot hit low and to midcourt, used effectively in doubles against the up-and-back formation. * Kill - Fast, downward shot that cannot be returned; a "put away." * Let - A legitimate cessation of play to allow a rally to be replayed. * Match - A series of games (at U.S. Olympic Festival-’93 it is three out of five), to determine a winner. Midcourt - The middle third of the court, halfway between the net and the back boundary line. * Net Shot - Shot hit from the forecourt that just clears the net and drops sharply. * Push Shot - Gentle shot played by pushing the shuttle with little wrist motion, usually from net or midcourt to the opponent’s midcourt. * Rally – this occurs when the players hit the bird back and forth several times before one side scores a point * Serve or Service – players put the shuttlecock into play for points by “serving” it to opponents, hitting it over the net into a special part of the court near their opponent * Smash – when a shuttle is floated high...
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...information to estimate how well the existing capacity of the building is being utilized by members and to decide the capacity utilization rate of the club to reveal if they are utilizing their space efficiently. Fitness Plus knows their most popular activities are in the following areas: 1) Aerobics room accommodates 35 people per class; 30% of members use. 2) Free weight room; 20% of members use. 3) 24-piece Nautilus equipment room; 25% of members use. 4) Cardiovascular room containing 29 pieces of equipment (9 stair-steppers, 6 treadmills, 6 life-cycle bikes, 3 air-dyne bikes, 2 cross-aerobic machines, 2 rowing machines, and one climber); 40% of members use. Also there is space for 8 racquetball courts, which 15% of members use, and 6 tennis courts, which 10% of members use. Analyzing growth In five year’s time, growth went up 2 times during peak hours, and 1-½ times during slow hours. Growth has gone up 1-2/3 times overall. Fitness Plus Capacity 3 1992 660 hours open during week Slow time – average 6-8 people/hour Peak – average 40 people/hour 9,990 people working out/week (15 people per hour average/open hours) 1997 660 hours open during week Slow time – average 10 people/hour Peak – average 80 people/hour 16,500 people working out/week (25 people per hour average/open hours) Measuring Existing Utilization The areas where most bottlenecks occur during peak hours are...
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...Endurance Flexibility Core and shoulder stability Other complementary sports Nutrition/hydration Rest and recovery Testing and tracking Coaching Emphasis Physical Skills Individualized Post Puberty • • • • • • • • • • • Complex coordination and movement Linear/multi-directional speed Strength Flexibility Core and shoulder stability Power Injury prevention and fitness testing Other complementary sports Nutrition/hydration Rest and recovery Testing and tracking Coaching Emphasis Physical Skills Individualized Program • • • • • • • • • • Speed Strength Endurance Power Flexibility Core and shoulder stability Injury prevention and fitness testing Nutrition/hydration Rest and recovery Testing and tracking Tactical (On 36' court) • Serve, return and baseline skills • Developing...
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...Have you ever heard a friend, or perhaps a stranger, say, "Oh tennis? Pfft! What a joke! That ain't a sport! I would be the boss in that!" yea well….. They don’t think about the physical and mental stuff they got to have in that area. Yes, anyone can pick up a racket and hit a tennis ball, but it takes a dedicated and motivated someone to pick up a tennis racket and make it to the Top 20 or Top 10; and I'm not even talking about the Top 5 yet Tennis involves everything from your feet to your brain. If you think the physical side of tennis is challenging, that's only 10% of the match. Tennis involves a lot of strategy, hand-eye coordination, stamina, speed, flexibility, good ball sense, quick reflexes, precise footing, hours of practice and drills, hours of physical training, discipline, ability to play under a lot of pressure, consistency, strength, and analytical and problem solving ability. Tennis is a wonderful sport, whether you play competitively or not. Serena Williams has one of the best serves on the WTA circuit and to develop that serve, she would serve for hours on end. The same goes for Ana Ivanovic, who has always had a wobbly ball toss. Ivanovic beat Williams for the first time in five attempts, snapped the 17-time major champion’s 25-match winning streak and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time since 2008. “There is no secret,” Ivanovic said. “Every country has its own mentality, its own way to see things and to do things. We...
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...Racquetball is my favorite sport, so I play it two or three times a weak except for the weeks of midterms and finals. I play with two boys and one girl. We usually play at the Country Club racquetball corts. You have to pay ten dollars for the court, even if your a member. Some kids think thats awful. But I think its fair. Tuesdays I play with Joe my neighbor and classmate. He's a wild and crazy guy on the courts. Swinging wildly and forcefully he hits the ball so hard sometimes that it makes a whistling noise. As it zooms passed me to smack into the wall. Although we have played racquetball together for two years I have yet to return one of those killer balls. My other steady partner is Jaime. A friend who used to play tennis competitively....
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...I picked up my first tennis racquet when I was four years old; I started taking lessons when I was eight, and by twelve, I was playing tournaments sponsored by the United States Tennis Association. Sometime between then and now, I reached my highest ranking of about forty in New England. Throughout my tennis, I have been immersed in a community of fellow players. Within this group, I have my own niche. I bring energy into the group. Tennis, being a sport of strategy and technique, can get repetitive. Simple drills can run for hours in an attempt to improve one shot. This is where I come in. While waiting in line, I might talk to my friends, or I might bounce around and not only create a sense of physical energy but introduce emotional and...
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